Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program.Date of source: February 2007Processed by Archives Staff, September 2006; Finding Aid encoded by Kimberly Sims, University Archives, Duke University, February 2007Description is in
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Style GuideGuide to the Allen H. Godbey Papers, 1926-1947University Archives Duke
University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

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University Archives, Duke
UniversityGodbey, Allen Howard, 1864-1948.Allen H. Godbey papers 1926-1947Material in English0.3 Linear Feet250 ItemsFor current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.Dr. Allen Godbey was a Professor of Old Testament History at Duke University from 1926-1932.The collection contains letters and self-published printed material. The material ranges in date from 1926-1947.
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Biographical Note

Dr. Allen Godbey was born November 21, 1864 in Cooper County, Missouri. He received an A. M. degree in 1883 from Morrisville College and his Ph.D. from Chicago University in 1905. Dr. Godbey came to Duke University in the fall of 1926 as a scholar and teacher of Old Testament history in the School of Religion. Gradually, there developed a serious amount of friction between him and the rest of the faculty of the School. In January 1932, under the unanimous urging of that faculty, President Few and the Board of Trustees acted to remove Dr. Godbey from his position. These papers give a detailed accounting of the affair and include Dr. Godbey's long and self-serving "Open Letters" that he published in his own behalf. He died May 8, 1948 in Boston, MA after being struck by a truck.